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La noia DI ALBERTO MORAVIA PROLOGO Ricordo benissimo come fu che cessai di dipingere. Una sera, dopo essere stato Otto ore di seguito nel mio studio, quando dipingendo per cinque, dieci minuti e quando gettandomi sul divano e restandoci disteso, con gli occhi al. Alberto Moravia, born Alberto Pincherle, was one of the leading Italian novelists of the twentieth century whose novels explore matters of modern sexuality, social alienation, and existentialism. He was also a journalist, playwright, essayist and film critic. Interni moraviani. Immagini dell'abitare in romanzi e racconti di Alberto Moravia. Description:tesi di dottorato. MIME type:application/pdf. File Size:2.2 Mb.

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In 1929, the fifth year of the Fascist era and the twenty-first year of Alberto Moravia's life, the Italian literary world was stunned by the appearance of his first novel, The Time of Indifference. It is a deceptively simple story – five characters, the events of a few days, the intrigues of families and lovers.
The place is Rome. The central figure is Michele, a young man..more

Published February 12th 2000 by Zoland Books (first published 1929)

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Apr 01, 2018Ivana Books Are Magic rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Published in 1929, The Time of Indifference (Gli indifferenti) is Moravia’s first novel. In many ways, this novel can be considered a masterpiece. At any rate, it is worth noting that The Time of Indifference is a novel that won Moravia fame and critical acclaim. It is certainly a very successful piece of writing. On surface it is a simple story, a tale of intrigue and betrayal, featuring only 5 characters (Mariagrazia, Leo, Carla, Michele and Lisa) and covering events over a short amount of tim..more

Jul 21, 2019Luís C. rated it liked it · review of another edition

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Michel, her daughter Clara, her lover, Leo and Lisa ex-mistress of the lover of Marie-Grace share this kind of camera, slow where it does nothing else except the description of inner monologues affecting the behavior of each of them.
Marie-Grace is a widow, penniless bourgeoise who is left that the mortgaged property that covets her lover Leo, caricature of a bad guy to approach only interested.
The mother is a sickly brain jealous retarded and egocentric not finding interest in the futility of th..more

Mar 15, 2012Deanne rated it really liked it

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A book which has only five characters, most of whom I have to admit I disliked, but their macchinations, lies and actions kept me reading. The mother especially is the worst, jealous, maipulative and selfish.

May 25, 2013Kim rated it it was ok

'The Time Of Indifference' is a novel by Italian author Alberto Moravia published in 1929. It was the author's first book and was published when he was only 21 years old at his own expense, costing 5,000 Italian lira. It became a best seller in Italy selling out in a matter of weeks. The English translation was published in America in 1935, I wondered if it was a best seller in America too, but so far have been unable to figure it out. It remains his best known novel. Moravia once remarked that..more

Jul 05, 2016Vita rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Feb 12, 2019Elena rated it liked it · review of another edition

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Aug 12, 2019Elizabeth Pyjov rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

The first existentialist novel. Fantastic.

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Aug 08, 2019Kevan Houser rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Ahead of what’s sure to be a long, rambling review, here’s the headline:
Moravia’s Gli indifferenti (translated as “The Time of Indifference: A Novel” in one English edition and “The Indifferent Ones” in another) is a great read, sneakily intense, with richly fleshed-out, oddly modern (or timeless?) characters. Well-written and compelling, a definite highlight of early 20th century Italian literature.
To be clear, although I’m choosing to write my review in my native English, I read the original..more

Feb 07, 2014Neoboethius rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I came to this book through reading a history of the Fascist period of Italian history, where it was mentioned in passing. Aside from its literary merit, this book is of extreme interest for several reasons. (1) It is stunningly sophisticated for a first novel by a 21(!) year old author. (2) It was a best-seller in 1929 Italy, but is completely and radically apolitical, and moreover, is completely and radically un-Fascist. What the heck is going on here? Who the heck is buying this book, and why..more

I am a huge fan of Alberto Moravia and, as I consciously make an effort to do some rereading each year as well as conquering new books and authors, I decided to revisit his first novel. Published in 1929, TTOI was a huge success and made AM a literary star, partially because the book is, to some extent, a parable of the wrongs of fascism.
AM uses the trope of the family to explore the state of the nation, in this case a family without a father except in the case of the selfish and libidinous old..more

Oct 10, 2012Anca Burducea rated it liked it · review of another edition

I started by reading some of Moravia's Roman Tales and I enjoyed them. Moravia seemed to understand the human nature and to make it understood to his readers only by showing his characters' behavior, their exterior, without going too much into their minds.
But Gli Indifferenti is different. It tells the story of no more than 3-4 days in the lives of the members of an Italian aristocratic family, days in which the young ones of the family, Carla and Michele, try to change their lives, to exit thei..more

Jan 25, 2009Donato rated it really liked it · review of another edition

An amazing first novel about looking for sincerity in a world of indifference, and this (1929) way before the Age of Irony (or maybe that's when it started?) But the world of indifference is inside..
It's wonderfully constructed to take place (in the space of 2-3 days) inside shadowy rooms with low light and drawn curtains , with only occasional forays into the light of day where shadowy daydreams persist regardless.
A mood is created by repetition of the same words and situations: indifference,..more

Aug 29, 2011Tom Carson rated it liked it · review of another edition

Gli indifferenti can be a bit like a soap opera at times, but there is enough of an element of satire to pull the reader through. Often the melodrama is all in the characters while the narration remains level or even critical. However, the characters are just complex enough under the surface without the disparity of their intensions and there actions being overblown too often, so not much annoyance is caused. I have not yet read anything else by Moravia, but it is still understandable why some c..more

Jul 05, 2019Marina rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Moravia's first novel, published in 1929. He criticises the blatant hypocrisy of bourgeois society and shows its effects on the two main characters who are also brother and sister. Michele, the brother, wallows in boredom and indifference, aspires to faith and sincerity, but doesn't manage to adapt to his milieu, whereas his sister Carla, after trying to break out of the cocoon of family and habit by submitting herself to a humiliating sexual relationship with Leo, her mother's lover, accepts to..more

Sep 23, 2013Marzio Salamina rated it really liked it

The author goes deep and moves precise among the feelings of void and lack of a real purpose of the characters. As the title says, the indifference rules the lives of the protagonists, it preserves the unbearable meaningless everyday they are unable to get rid of. The colorless surround itself reflects the inability to identify whatsoever getaway.
One struggles to feel what it takes to finally make a move -whatever it is- that’d give sense to his existence, releasing him from a constant make-bel..more

Sep 24, 2012Marcello La rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

One of the novels that marked a period and a growth in my life. It made me think, longly, about what I wanted and what I could do in life.
Being Moravia's masterpiece, it's also his first novel, written when he was like 17, and it's been sort of a curse to him, because it was too good to be overcame from his later works.
A must-read

Jun 15, 2015Tara rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Moravia's first novel focuses on a small group of bored socialites, dominated by the malevolent Leo. Nothing much happens plotwise, but Moravia's genius for characterisation is already evident. Though set in fascist Italy, this portrait of moral hypocrisy is strikingly similar to our own society, almost 90 years after its publication.

May 16, 2017MauroMC rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Story written with precise and engaging style. Moravia is a master in bare hardship, misery, suffering but above all, the petty bickering of a falling bourgeoisie.
A shameful mother, a lazy daughter looking for simple solutions and the tragical Michel, the failed hero.
A thoughts provoking book about the drama of life.

Sep 05, 2012Bianca rated it really liked it

It ended so abruptly! I really wanted to see Carla confess her plans to her mother, and the destruction that would ensue. I feel like it left a lot of loose ends, but then it's also thought candy. Very good read.

Apr 22, 2011Jmilton00 rated it really liked it · review of another edition

A book that catches in full our need to have feelings, our sense of duty in having feelings, even when we don't care about what's happening, just to let the world know that we're just like them, that we're human beings, that we stick to the social pressures and to the common values.

Jan 17, 2019Jonathan rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Oct 27, 2017Norman Howe rated it liked it

This is a soap opera. Five people experience angst and misery in their relations to one another, but none of them really cares enough to take definitive action. Hence the title. First world problems.

This is a novel of existential despair which focuses almost claustrophobically on five people: Carla and her brother Michele; their mother, Mariagrazia; the mother's lover, Leo; and a woman who is a 'friend' to the mother and a former lover of Leo's, whose name is Lisa. Leo is determined to sleep with Carla, and Carla, without any sense of desire or attraction, contemplates cooperating with him, only because she can't imagine her life being changed in any other way. The stifling sense of futilit..more

I can't deny it's a good book, with a strong (and rather disturbing) message and a well developed story line. It's impressive that Moravia starts writing this book when he is only 17, and that's probably why I think his writing style is not mature enough to convey the greatness of his idea. However, I'm probably biased because I've read 'the time of indifference' under the light of existentialism, which I've found out that wasn't the purpose of Moravia's book in the first place! Sooo whatever, d..more

Stolen from comments on another book but probably better suited here:
My only experience with Moravia was in a freshman seminar and everything I read that semester was a blur of shifted sleep and collegiate newness, but I sharply remember images from a living room in Rome in 'A Time of Indifference,' indistinct like a memory from one's infancy.
I need to reread that and more Moravia in general now that that fog is removed from my brain.
I suspect that he is very good and I did not fully realize i..more

This is my first book I read by Alberto Moravia. This story has only five characters and you feel like you are watching soap opera. Drama, jealousy, manipulation, romance, intrigue, selfish, all that is here and even more. You kind of dislike this five people, mostly their mother who you find very annoying. Michele was for me the most interesting character. I highly recommend it.

Jul 13, 2014Robert Wechsler marked it as tasted

An amazing debut by a 21-year-old, but I was not taken with this claustrophobic, repetitive, stagey melodrama about the ways in which five people deal with their angst and ennui. The characters’ thoughts, provided by the omniscient narrator, weighs the novel down; imagine a film full of characters’ voiceovers . . .

It's like a soap opera written by someone who actually knows how people feel. Love the indifference thing going on through the whole book, though. Makes me feel guilty and stupid. Didn't like the plot, too simple and somehow repetitive, but the ending was brilliant. Wait for it.

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Alberto Moravia, born Alberto Pincherle, was one of the leading Italian novelists of the twentieth century whose novels explore matters of modern sexuality, social alienation, and existentialism. He was also a journalist, playwright, essayist and film critic.
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